Elitism on the electorate

The Nov. 3 article "Why invite the ignorant to the polls?" by William Watkins Jr. is wrongheaded and offensive on many levels.

Watkins draws a shaky line between not being registered to vote and being ignorant. Is he suggesting that all the unregistered are ignorant? Could there be less-than-ignorant folks who have simply been too busy trying to earn a living or attend college (or both) to register?

Then the obvious question arises of who will define what is ignorant. Presumably, Watkins believes he has the answers. Should we narrow the voting populace to law school grads who have accumulated many hours of study in constitutional law? Limit voting to folks with a high school education? Impose a voter qualification test? I know a few voters who could not name one Supreme Court justices. Should we strike these solid citizens from the voter rolls? Once we start placing "select" citizens above others and start parceling out constitutional rights based on subjective criteria, our country is on a slippery slope.